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G. H. HEAL-BY.

lib!!! UNITED STATES l ATENT ries,

GEORGE ll. HEALEY, OF STONEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming Application filed October 6, 1888.

T 0 all 'Hf7t07ib z'i 71mg concern:

30 it known that l, GEORGE H. I'IEALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ston eham, in the county of Middlescx and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and i useful Improvements in Lasts or Forms for Use in the Manufacture of Rubber Boots; and I do declare the following, to he a full, i clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a-p iiertains to make and use the same, reference hcing had to the accompanying drawii'ig's, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2, a longi tudinal and vertical section, and Fig: a horizontal section, oi a last or form for use in the manufacture or ruhher hools provided with my invention.

The nature of my invention set forth in the claim hereinafter presented.

In the drawings, the last or form is shown at A, it being formed in two portionsor parts, B and as shown, the line of junction or the ahuttin surface of each part being composed of two inclines, a and Z, connected by an ogee curve, r. Said curved portions, when the parts of the last are connected together, as hereinafter described, bear against each other and serve to keep the two parts of the last in their due relation to each other and prevent transverse movement of the part (I on the part B.

To the part B, I secure a dovetail, D, which is provided with a shank, c, through which a pin, (1 extends to secure it to the said part l). The shank is perforated at b to admit of the passage through it of a rod, 1?, screwthreaded at its lower end to screw into a female screw formed in a piece, G, which has extending upward from it a part, 7!, in which is a dovetailed groove, 5, to receive the dovetail Divlien the parts of thelast are together.

part of Letters Patent No. 399,227, dated. March 5, 1889.

Serial No. 287,354. (No model) extends from the part 7:, and has a hole in it to receive a pin, (7, to secure the piece G to the portion C of the last. A nut, L, arranged on the screw of the rod and in a chamber in the last, serves as a shouider and brings up against the top of the shank c, when the screw has sufficiently entered the piece G, to securely fasten the portions of the last together. \Vhen the part B is separated from the part (1 by drawing the rod F so as to bring the nut L against the top of the chamber in which it is located and revolving the rod, the location of the nut on the screw can be increased or lessened in distance from the end of the said screw as may he required to cause the screw to enter the proper distance into the said piece G.

The improvement hereinbel'fore described facilitates the uniting; of the parts of the last and results in the saving of much time over the means heretofore employed for the purpose.

Havingclaim is-- In a last or form for boots, the part I), provided with the dovetail secured thereto, the rod F, screw-tilreaded at its lower end and provided with a nut or shoulder to hear on the shank of the dovetail through which the rod passes, the part C of the last provided with the dovetail-grooved piece G, secured thereto, in which is a female screw to receive the screw of the rod F to connect the parts of the last together, the abutting surfaces of said parts each being formed as represented, and all being substantially as shown. and set forth.

In testimony whereof I a-[iix mysiguaturein presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE 1i. HEALEY.

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described my invention, what I I \V itnesses:

GEO. M. GUILD, S. PIPER. 

